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Contagious and the Berlin School team up to offer a €20,000 scholarship for Creative Leadership towards the School's part-time global Executive MBA

Contagious is delighted to announce the launch of its scholarship which will offer one of our readers the chance to participate in the prestigious Berlin School Executive MBA in Creative Leadership. The selected applicant will receive a €20,000 scholarship towards the School's part-time global Executive MBA.

The part-time course starts in September 8th 2013 in Berlin and is designed for senior executives in the creative industry who have a track record for creative excellence. The Executive MBA comprises of five separate two week modules taking place in the USA, Asia and Berlin over either one or two years.

The MBA course is designed to nurture creative leaders who can inspire and build cultures of creative excellence. This is a leadership program focused on complexity, analysis, strategy, innovation and implementation within the context of creative excellence.

Sheridan Johns, director of the Berlin School said: 'We're thrilled to partner with Contagious again to offer another special scholarship, particularly since the Contagious community understands the importance of creative leadership and shares the Berlin School's passion for great ideas.'

Simon Wylie, Contagious' CEO adds: 'Contagious is proud to champion leading and innovative creative work from around the world, and so we are delighted once again to partner with the Berlin School to help develop a new breed of thinkers and leaders, all of whom will be responsible for raising standards and developing ideas across the creative industries.'

Ideal candidates should be accomplished senior executives in the creative industries with a strong professional background and track record of creative excellence. A degree is required. Entries will be judged according to their overall profile and EMBA application, as well as their response to an additional Contagious scholarship essay question.

The previous winner of the Contagious Berlin School Scholarship was Vivid Noor Savitri, currently associate creative director at frog, Munich, and more details about previous participants are avaliable here.